ARTHIST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Shamash, Justice First, Ashurbanipal
18 Sep 2018
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Made by pouring melted, hot liquid bronze by the lost wax method, resulting a sculpture with a hollow core. Figural scenes on the horizontal ground lines. Surface down towards the core, can be deep or undercut. Used on rolling seals or cylinder seals- cut in negative form to roll into flat surfaces. Sequence of figures that contains an element of time, telling of story. Body posture in which side view of legs and head, is combined with the frontal view of arms and upper legs. Scale of sizes depict hierarchy, importance, this stele shows three categories of size within the figures. Conqueror, mountains, fur garments, with long hair or ponytail- Soldiers are wearing helmets and carrying helmets. Naram-sin : worldly ruler with a hat with horns, presents as godly with cosmological power. Army is in movement; as legs are spread.
